Sweden strengthens defense as Soviet clash sparks protests
Sweden moves to harden its defense network after a Soviet claim that a Swedish rescue Catalina fired first before being shot down near Dagoe Island. Premier Tage Erlander convened an emergency cabinet as Copenhagen orders immediate action and Stockholm crowds protest at the Soviet embassy. Pilot Sven Toerngren and six crew survive with two wounded. Germany assists with rescue. Sweden plans protective measures without full mobilization.
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Stockholm
Dagoe Island
Moscow Radio
Sven Toerngren
Toerngren
Sweden
Old golf grounds to host camp meeting in Croton-Vine area
Signs of life return to the Free Methodist grounds as preparations begin for another camp meeting drawing crowds from New Castle and Oil City. Residents weed vacant lots to curb hay fever while city crews cut unruly patches at owners expense. Two Lawrence County roads test new reflector paint for night visibility with potential statewide use. Rain fell north and east of the city while other areas saw no moisture. Continued on Page Two.
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Golf Grounds
Croton-Vine Street
Free Methodist
New Castle
Oil City
Lawrence County
State Highway Department
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Forecast With Cloudiness and Showers
Increasing cloudiness tonight with a low of 58 to 65. Tomorrow stays rather cloudy with a chance of scattered showers, cooler by night. 24 hour period ending today at 9 am shows a max 94 and min 72 with traces of precipitation and a river stage of 5.5 feet. Year ago the date had a max 83 and min 56 with no precipitation.
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United States
Malik Plans Propaganda Attack On United States
United Nations June 18 The Security Council under Soviet delegate Jacob Malik opens with a potential propaganda onslaught against the United States as Malik seats the floor for a one man show. Western powers plan counter strategy while awaiting a possible later counter resolution. The day begins with an agenda item on banning bacteriological and poison gas warfare under the Geneva protocol.
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Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Korea
UN Security Council
Jacob Malik
Malik
United States
U. S
Britain
France
E.C.T
Allied Tanks And Infantry Hit Red Lines
Allied tank infantry teams attacked Communist lines across Korea to keep the Reds off balance. West of Chorwon battered Chinese troops endured rain soaked bunkers after a costly six day effort to retake heights seized by the U S 4th Division. The Reds have suffered more than 2 000 casualties and failed to renew counterattacks. The 45th Thunderbird Division, including the Oklahoma National Guard, reported at least 184 casualties with 130 men injured or missing.
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Seoul
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
45Th “Thunderboir
Oklahoma National Guard
Freak Blast Fatality At National Radiator Plant
George Duda aged 62 of 110 Ralph Avenue died in a freak accident at the National Radiator Company plant Tuesday at 1 20 PM. Molten slag poured into a water filled pit exploded sending his two wheeled barrow and him about 40 feet, causing multiple injuries. Coroner Charles E Allen cited a water ingress into molten slag as the likely cause. Duda born March 12 1890 in Czechoslovakia lived in New Castle 42 years and was a plant employee.
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George Duda
Ralph Avenue
National Radiator Company
Duda
Charles E. Allen
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Duda
Czechoslovakia
Michael Duda
New Castle
House Presses Fight Over Wage Price Controls and Steel Row
The House launches its annual debate on price wage and rent controls with a focus on extending authority and addressing the steel strike. Amendments seek to end the steel dispute via Taft-Hartley and abolish the Wage Stabilization Board while the Banking Committee favors a full year extension.
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Washington
House
Wage Stabilization Board
House Banking Committee
Senate
Truman
Rep
Smith
House Labor
Why Safety Lines Are Being Painted Here In Daytime
Chief of Police Thomas J. Boyle says daytime painting prevents paint from not drying at night. Mayor Edward A. DeCarbo authorized use of reflective luminous paint similar to state highways. The paint aids motorists and pedestrians by night as well as day.
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Thomas J. Boyle
Edward A. DeCarbo
American Casualties in Korea Reach 109971
The Defense Department reports a new total of 109,971 American casualties in Korea, up 259 from last week. Included are 17,318 killed in action, 80,136 wounded with 1,810 deaths, and 12,517 missing with 201 deaths. breakdown by service shows 161 Army, 79 Marine Corps, 11 Air Force, and eight Navy casualties.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
Korea
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Navy
World War II lend lease talks and St Lawrence seaway vote
U S negotiators await solid Soviet terms on lend-lease settlement and return of 670 ships. Harriman defeats Kefauver 4 to 1 in Washington Democratic primary for 12 delegates. Senate to vote on sending the St Lawrence seaway bill back to Foreign Relations Committee. In Manila a former GI and his wife are sentenced to life for rebellion and related offenses.
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Washington
INS
U. S
Soviet
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
Sen
Kefauver
Harriman
Tennessee
Manila
William Pomeroy
Rochester
N. Y
Celia Mariano
Ground Breaks For Wesley Methodist Church In New Castle
Ground breaking took place Monday for a new Wesley Methodist church at West Washington and Round streets. The 52 acre site was purchased four years ago with an old structure remodeled into a parsonage. The Erie Annual Conference aided the project with a board grant to be realized this summer. The West Side church, with 225 members, plans to have much of the basement built by members while the rest will be contracted out. The W G Eckles Co. prepared the drawings and specifications for the building.
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New Wesley Methodist Church
West Washington
Round Streets
Board of Missions of the
Erie
The
Methodist Church
West Side
New Castle
W. G. Eckles Co
William Ayers
Ecker Bacon
En Deiger
Henry Grittie
Peter Grittie
A. W. Kegarise
Wilma Mooney
Thomas Moore
Agnes Selleck
E. F. Spring
New Castle News
West Washington Street
Owen Avenue
Congress Considers Abolishing Wage Stabilization Board
Congress debates abolishing the wage stabilization board as Republicans and southern Democrats push impeachment action against President Truman over the steel strike. Efforts move to using the Taft Hartley Act to curb stoppage and to grant potential price boosts above $3 a ton for steelmakers.
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Washington
House
Wage Stabilization Board
President Truman
Truman
Fake U S Marshal Frees Hoax Artist in Springfield Jail Break
Federal agents search nationwide for Robert L. Knetzer a hoax artist who escaped Springfield city jail with a fake U S marshal credential. Knetzer a former farmhand amassed over three million dollars in debts promising cars below list price and has escaped custody multiple times in three months.
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Springfield
INS
U.S
Robert L. Knetzer
Melvin Palmer
Knetzer
Palmer
George Hulem
Hulem
Hero's Welcome For Oil City's Flying Ace Gabreski
Col Francis S Gabreski America's ace of aces from Oil City Pa winds through a homecoming tour. He leaves San Francisco for Los Angeles with wife Katherine and daughter Djoni then plans stops in Battle Creek Mich and Oil City before reporting to Norton Air Base California. The San Francisco Air Squadron gathered to honor him after his 40 enemy planes credited in a storied career.
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San Francisco
INS
America
Francis S. Gabreski
Los Angeles
Oil City
California
Katherine
Djoni
U. S
Battle Creek
Mich
Norton Air Base
San Bernardino
Calif
Gabreski
Eisenhower Targets Pro Taft Delegations At Denver HQ
Gen. Eisenhower works to win convention votes from pro Taft delegates at his Denver headquarters. Arizona's 14 delegates split 10 Taft, two Eisenhower, two uncommitted. Oregon delegation visiting socially. Utah group hints at switching to Ike on second ballot.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Arizona
Oregon
Utah
Utah Gop
A. Pratt Kessler
Ike
Chicago
Kessler
Highway Unit Reports Licenses Revoked and Suspended
Harrisburg report shows 42 drivers' licenses revoked and 1,008 suspended for the week ended June 6. Operating privileges were restored to 595 during the period.
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Harrisburg
INS
Bureau of Highway Safety
Officers Named At Almira Home Board Meeting
Officers and committee heads were elected and the year reviewed at Almira Home for Old Ladies annual meeting held on East Washington street. Mrs. Howard C. Harper was reelected president. vice presidents include Mrs. George R. Ralph Mrs. W. Walter Braham and Mrs. James W. Rhodes. Secretaries are Mrs. Robert E. Armstrong and Mrs. Roger W. Rowland with Mrs. Clyde M. Whittaker as assistant recording secretary. Treasurer is Mrs. James D. Crawford with Mrs. C. Leroy Shira as assistant and Lauri G. Laurell as nonmember assistant treasurer.
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Almira Home For
East Washington Street
Howard C. Harper
George R. Ralph
W. Walter Braham
James W. Rhodes
Robert E. Armstrong
Roger W. Rowland
Clyde M. Whittaker
James D. Crawford
C. Leroy Shira
Lauri G. Laurell
Ralph G. Campbell
Almira Home
Lawrence
Venango
Mercer
Butler
Lawrence County
Olive Reed Bolinger
Lewis pledges full support to steel strikers
John L. Lewis pledged full support of the CIO steelworkers strike and said the United Mine Workers has set up a 10 million dollar fund to aid the strikers. He noted the money is available in the National Bank of Washington subject to CIO orders as needed.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
CIO
United Mine Workers Union
Philip Murray
Lewis
National Bank of Washington
D. C
Fire at Mechanicsburg destroys frame buildings
A Mechanicsburg fire last night caused about $6,000 in damage to several frame buildings as flames spread. A nearby warehouse avoided serious damage when its automatic sprinkler system activated. The blaze origin was not determined.
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Mechanicsburg
Dirksen to Nominate Taft at National Convention
Sen Dirksen of Illinois will deliver the nomination speech for Taft at the national convention. Taft campaign managers disclosed that Dirksen, Illinois manager for Taft and head of the Senate Republican campaign committee, has Taft's approval for the role.
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Washington
INS
Taft
Sen. Dirksen
Illinois
Friends of the
Dirksen
Ohioan
Senate Republican
Over 300 War Prisoners Escape Red Masters on Koje Island
The June 18 report details 304 North Korean war prisoners breaking from compound 85 on Koje Island with aid from American troops. They fled through a corridor opened by GIs, forming a bayonet gauntlet as they moved to new enclosures. Another compound, No. 605, was cleared later with 6,500 inmates relocated, followed by transfers increasing totals relocated to 62,500 across nine days of the drive. The operation, led by Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boomer, saw two U.S. Second Infantry Division battalions deployed along the roads.
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Koje Island
Gl’s
Koje
Haydon L
the Bull
Seven Burn To Death In Brooklyn Tenement Fire
A four story Brooklyn tenement fire killed seven people including three women and four children. A one legged man his wife and two children escaped down a 25 foot ledge guided by former Marine Le Roy Fredericks. A second family with six children fled without aid. Victims named include Mrs Anna Bordiguez and her sons Frederick Allesandra Ralph as well as Mrs Lucy Sento and an unidentified boy and woman.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
le Roy Fredericks
Anna Bordiguez
Frederick
Allesandra
Ralph
Lucy Sento
Lieved
Denmark Orders Pilots To Shoot Attackers On Sight
Copenhagen June 18 Danish government ordered military pilots to shoot attackers without waiting for instructions if attacked over the Baltic or elsewhere The directive follows the prior shooting down of a Swedish search plane over the Baltic by Soviet jets Monday and marks the first such decision by a European nation.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tage Erlander
Copenhagen
Baltic
INS
Denmark
Death notices listing three local residents
George Duda Sr aged 62 of 110 Ralph Avenue Charlie Piper Byers aged 82 of 11 East Moody Avenue Mrs Sara L Black aged 86 of R D 5 are named in the local death notices dated Wednesday June 18 1952.
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George Duda, Sr
Ralph Avenue
Charlies Piper Byers
East Moody Avenue
Sara L. Black
R. D
Senate rejects Truman appeal on Seaway with Canada
The Senate voted 43 to 40 to send the St. Lawrence Seaway bill back to the Foreign Relations Committee, effectively ending U S participation. President Truman warned it would be one of the worst economic mistakes to default, noting Canada may proceed alone and the U S would pay tolls on Labrador iron ore. Senator Connally argued the project would cost a colossal sum and questioned U S benefits.
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Washington
The
Senate Today
Truman
U. S
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Russell
Labrador
Connally
Texas
Taft Pledges Cut In Taxes And Convention Reform
Sen. Taft of Ohio pledged a 15 percent tax cut within two years if elected president and criticized Eisenhower's proposed tax reduction as impossible. He urged the GOP to settle Texas delegate contests at the convention and noted Dirksen would nominate him. He warned against a $65 billion defense and foreign aid budget and argued air power should lead defense priorities.
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Washington
INS
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
GOP National Committee
Texas
Dirksen
Illinois
Russia
Plaque Presentation Honors Truman by 4H Club
President Truman will receive a special plaque bearing the 4H emblem from 200 4 H club boys and girls at the White House today. The ceremony marks the week long 4 H camp August 22 opening week in honor of Truman’s pioneering efforts to establish 4H work.
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Washington
INS
Truman
White House
Sours
Home Work Turns To Play In Suburban Rethink
A lighthearted essay notes homeowners fill days with chores from yard cleanup to porch painting yet discover a deeper impulse toward playful activities. The piece contrasts practical tasks with the joy of leisure in daily life.
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Felix Cotten
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Rep. Shafer
Lke
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Don Dixon
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